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Monday, December 31, 2012

Hi everyone! It's New Year's Eve and I've one more Gel-à-Tins project to share
with you to see out 2012 and ring in the New Year!

I got a little festive
and let that drive my design. I wanted to celebrate and what better way to do
that than a card created with the Super Star set!

I know you'll be
gearing up for your celebrations about now so I won't delay in presenting
today's card:

Pretty neat huh?! If only you could see how much
this sparkles in real life!

I started by stamping the stars onto white
cardstock using Versamark ink. I placed them all on one block to make stamping
the whole thing a breeze! I only needed to add a few smaller stars separately
near the edges!

I then heat embossed the stars using some semi matt
embossing powder. I wanted the stars to be there but not too in your
face!

After that I spritzed the whole card with some
shimmer/shine spray to really make it sparkle!

To finish off, I die cut some numbers and coated
them with some sparkly glitter, before adhering to the base with dimensional
glue gel. And that's all there was to it!

I want to take
this opportunity to thank Gel-à-Tins for the crafting opportunities they have
given me in 2012. I can't wait to be back in 2013 to share more projects with
you all! Happy New Year everyone!!!

Saturday, December 29, 2012

Christmas has passed. But winter is still here. So here is a frosty snowflake
card you can send to people who didn't get a Christmas card from you (yet).

I used a very smooth cardstock for my base and added white embossing powder to
my Mini Retro Flakes and Mini Fancy Flakes. Then I went in with a large dot
stamp to fill in the spaces. I love the way it made such a soft
background.

My next addition was the sentiment block wrapped in a little
bit of twine. And to top everything off, out came a few buttons for some of the
flakes.

Simple card...yet packs some punch.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

With the New Year a few days away we will all be thinking about our New Years
Resolutions, I think I'll just make a wish that the new year is a good one!. For
this project I again used the blue gel-a-tins gelly gem roll-ups to give my
wishes a perfect start.

Thursday, December 27, 2012

Making multi-purpose cards during the holiday season makes gift giving and
sending thank yous a bit easier. I like to make cards that can be given away as
a holiday cards or thank you cards for a holiday gift. For this card, I left off
the sentiment and brought on the festive!

The “Groovy Santa” collection has such a vintage, festive
collection of Santas and sentiments. I started by stamping my Santa image onto a
wooden tag with archival ink on each side of the tag. Once Santa was dried I
then misted the tag. I love how the Santa has a fresh, vintage
appearance!

I realized that my stamped Santa wooden tag would make a cute
ornament, so I adhered the tag to my card with some scotch tape. That way the
tag can be taken off of the card and hung on a tree.

Wednesday, December 26, 2012

I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! What do you on the day after? Shop?
Clean? Create? I don't know about you, but I try to get my Thank You cards done
quickly!

It's Jessi here and today I am sharing a warm Thank You card
using a couple stamps from a couple of different gel-a-tins sets.

I
choose to paper-piece the house from the Gingerbread House Stamp set. Once the
house was complete, I used puffy paint to add the snow to the house. The final
touch was to add the wreath and gold gem accents (from the gelly gem
rolls).

The
sentiment (from the Honey Bear Stamp Set) was stamped onto the banner. The first
part of the sentiment was done using a variety of letter stickers. The banner
was attached to the card using foam dots.

Tuesday, December 25, 2012

Are you an elf helper for Santa Claus? Get on the ball with these super sweet
notebooks. They are a good size to slip into purses, the car, the locker at
school, or a stocking!

By using Santa's Candy Cane scented Gelly Powder,
these notebooks smell sweet to! To make it extra special, monogram each one.
Here I used gold duct tape for the binding and the monogram. Not only does it
add holiday glitz, but it helps keep the new cover bound together.

Monday, December 24, 2012

Christmas is tomorrow so I wanted to share a couple of ornaments I made for my
tree. The first one I just altered a little red bucket I found at Hobby Lobby. I
added an Elle's Studio tag and then some embossed snowflakes from the mini retro
flakes and sayings stamp set. The embossing powder is scented - Santa's candy
cane. It smells as good as it sounds!

For my second ornament, I altered a CD and used the same stamp set and embossing
powder. I also had some help from my Cricut; I cut the snowflakes from the Joys
of the Season cartridge.

Saturday, December 22, 2012

Hi dear crafters!!
Today I have for you sweet vintage card with a rose.
I
took few pieces of paper, distressed them.On yellow paper stamped Love Knots.
Than made a composition with chipboard, buttons. flower and silk ribbon. On of
the corners decorated with metal corner.

Thursday, December 20, 2012

Need a few cards for the really special people on your list? What could be
better than shiny Christmas ornaments?

I used thin ruled dies to cut out my ornaments and the bows. The green one is
made from suede paper, but the red ones are made from Gelly Gem Roll Ups. I love
that they can be cut with my dies. When you have plenty of dies, it is wonderful
to find new media they can cut!

Who wouldn't enjoy this sparkly card?
What can you make with Gelly Gem Roll Ups? We would love to
see!

Wednesday, December 19, 2012

Have you have been naughty or nice this year is year?. If you have been naughty
there is still time to get yourself on the nice list by giving a Groovy Santa
gift tag with your gifts. gel-a-tins have a super 'Groovy Santa' Clear Stamp set
that is perfect for creating your own gift tags, cards, decorative envelopes and
cracker buttons.

These tags were so quick to make. I cut the backing
papers to size and inked the edges and ran through the Xyron 5" Creative Station
and applied to the pre-inked tags. The Santa's were stamped on plain card with
the red ink and the 'To' and 'From' with the black ink. I used a black flt tip
pen to accentuate Santa's features and a white pen on the fur
parts.

Tuesday, December 18, 2012

I had so much fun creating this gingerbread house scene with the “Gingerbread
House” and "Groovy Santa" collections!

It was probably 6AM when I got inspired to stamp and fussy-cut and
emboss this card. Luckily everyone sleeps away from my craft room because using
my heat gun to emboss the Gelly Powder that early in the morning is no quiet
task!

I heat embossed “Santa’s Candy Cane” Gelly Powder on the top of my
snow hills to give them dimension. I stamped and heat embossed the snowflakes. I
also stamped the gingerbread house twice so I could fussy cut and layer the
snowy roof and chimney. Both were heat embossed with the Gelly Powder.

For windows and doors I stamped the candy accents, fussy-cut the stamped
images and then adhered them to the house. I embellished the stamped candy canes
and gumdrops with Crystal Effects and glitter.

You can see all the layers I created in this wintery gingerbread
house card in the above picture.

Monday, December 17, 2012

Hello, everyone! It's Jessi from Kissin' Krafts. Are you working on your Holiday
cards? Trying to come up with a design and feel that your time is running out?
Clean and Simple (CAS) cards are the way to go!

Here is a very simple
card that can be made in the masses:

Today
I used the Groovy Santa set. The first step is to cut and fold an A2 card. Next,
choose a image to stamp several times along the left side of the card. (I used
one of the snowflakes from the Groovy Santa set. Now it is time for the
sentiment. I stamped the sentiment onto kraft cardstock and cut it out on a
banner. The sentiment is added to the card using foam dots to add dimension to
the card.

Thank you for stopping by today! I hope you are enjoying all
the holiday creations that the gel-a-tins Design Team have been showing to
you!

Saturday, December 15, 2012

Are you tied up in string and have tape stuck to your hair? Take a moment from
your gift wrapping and create some tags for those presents.Think of your
wrapping paper style and colors when designing your tags. I decided to go
vintage with these Groovy Santa tags. I added a faux paper reinforcement by
stamping the shutter from "Gingerbread house" and then punching out a hole and
adding an eyelet. A little color and a touch of sparkle is perfect for this
kraft tag set. I edged the tags in white pigment ink to soften the color a
bit.

Friday, December 14, 2012

This week I'm sharing a Christmas layout. I found this photo from when I was
about three years old.

I used Gelatins mini retro flakes & sayings
stamp set. I stamped on the scalloped ribbon using Poppy Parade ink by Stampin'
Up. I arranged several stamps on my acrylic block and stamped on the ribbon.
Then I removed those stamps & chose some different ones. After arranging
those on my acrylic block, I stamped on the ribbon, alternating the pattern with
the first set of stamping. I also attached a strip of silver gelly gems roll-ups
for some extra bling to the layout. I'm dying to get my hands on the pretty red
& pink gelly gems, as well as the studded!

Thanks for stopping by
this week. Can't wait to see some of your Christmas projects!

Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Hi everyone! I'm so glad to be back sharing a new Gel-à-Tins project with
you!

Today I'm bringing you a quick and easy card featuring the Gelly
Jr's Snowflake stamp! I've been waiting and waiting for Winter to come so I
could use it!

I kept this very CAS and wanted to convey a falling snow
scene:

What do you think? Cute huh?!

I started by stamping the snowflakes with white
ink.

I then stamped some others in Versamark ink and
heat set with white embossing powder. I added some more snowflakes in the same
way but didn't emboss them. I wanted a really soft, layered scene without having
layers popping off the base. I finished by embossing the sentiment and that was
it!

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

It's that time of year again! We all love making cards, so why not make them
really special for those you love. This card looks complex, but really it is
super simple to put together.

I embossed the Mini Fancy Flakes and the Mini Retro Flakes onto white cardstock
and then added a bit of blue chalk to highlight them. Next I stamped and paper
pieced the house from the Gingerbread House set. I had a few areas left to color
in with my Copic markers. Using the same set, I embossed the green cardstock
trees in white and then added some bling to complete my scene. And don't forget
the border around the house made with red Gelly Gem Roll Ups! My final addition
was the embossed banner. Let it Snow!!

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products.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Wow Christmas has come around really fast this year and this is the week for
mailing your cards to your nearest and dearest. Why not bring a little sparkle
to their festivities by using the amazing new gel-a-tins gelly gem roll-ups. I
love the blue and the shimmer is so glam.

For my Card I cut the gelly gem on my guillotine into a triangle to
make my super sparkly Christmas tree. I used the Xyron 5" Creative Station to
apply adhesive for a perfect finish. I added a few gems to the tree to give the
effect of Christmas lights

The star on the top of my tree was stamped and
embossed using the gel-a-tins Starts Clear Stamps

The bottom of the tree is finished with the blue
ribbon held in place using the Xyron Mega Runner

Finish the card by cuttin a strip of the gelly gems
and run through the Xyron 5" creative Station and then remove the centre with a
craft knife and use the remainder as a frame around the sentiment.